Severe Thunderstorm Warning 265, NWS Atlanta, GA

Issued

Apr 22, 1998, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)

Expired

Apr 22, 1998, 4:20 PM EDT

In force

47 min

Issued by

NWS Atlanta, GA

Area

Whole counties

Counties Barrow County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Walton County, GA

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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GAC013-135-297-222020-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
333 PM EDT WED APR 22 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BARROW COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA
  EASTERN GWINNETT COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA
  NORTHERN WALTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 420 PM EDT

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
   BETHLEHEM                   AROUND 335 PM EDT
   NICHOLASVILLE               AROUND 335 PM EDT
   STATHAM                     AROUND 350 PM EDT
   MONROE                      AROUND 350 PM EDT
   MOUNT VERNON                AROUND 400 PM EDT

* AT 331 PM EDT...  2 MILES NORTH OF BOLD SPRINGS... A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR... MOVING SOUTHEAST
  15 MPH.

DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE
AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BOATERS...GOLFERS...
AND OTHERS INVOLVED IN OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES SHOULD SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU EXPERIENCE STORM DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES OR
TREES...OR HAI~L THE SIZE OF DIMES OR LARGER...PLEASE REPORT IT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING 770-486-8535.

WRS/KDF

In the hours before

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091>098-103>113-222100-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
958 AM EDT WED APR 22 1998

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A LARGE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO
DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE PRODUCING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER
NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE
SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR THE
LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
091>098-103>113-222100-

NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
958 AM EDT WED APR 22 1998

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A LARGE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE WILL CONTINUE TO
DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE PRODUCING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER
NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE
SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL.

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD MONITOR THE
LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.